Lockheed Martin-owned condosat service GEOshare follows cost-saving trend
US-based condosat service startup GEOshare has 150 missions and 100 orbital locations in its portfolio and is in “serious” negotiations with “a few” companies, ...
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Astranis eyes GEO operator JV opportunities ahead of 2019 commercial launch
Astranis would consider a joint venture with a geosynchronous orbit satellite operator as the US startup eyes its first commercial ...
Spacecom and B-SAT order satellites without export credit agency support
Israel-based Spacecom and Japan’s Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. each ordered satellites with a well-placed source suggesting that neither operator used export credit ...
Observers urge prudence as race to provide LEO broadband rushes into overdrive
Low Earth orbit constellations being planned to usher in a new era of connectivity continue to attract skepticism and urgings for ...
The performance and cost balances of hybrid satellite orbits
While hybrid satellite orbits enable commercial operators to provide flexible and integrated communications, they demand drastically higher capital expenditures and ...
Sky Perfect JSAT ups maritime exposure with KVH Industries investment as it mulls additional markets
The US$4.5m investment by Japan’s Sky Perfect JSAT in US satcoms provider KVH Industries will bolster the launch of their next gen maritime broadband services this month, while broadening ...
Where large satellite makers see growth this year amid GEO slump
Satellite manufacturers are coming under increasing pressure to diversify as changing demands and technologies transform how and why operators order ...
SES names Steve Collar chief executive, heralding possible strategy change including M&A | Leadership
The board of SES likely sought change, possibly pointing to future M&A as a strategy choice as transformation sweeps through the industry, ...
Harris girds for return to M&A arena with eye on smallsat and ground segment deals
US tactical communications provider Harris Corporation yearns to re-enter the acquisitions game after years on the M&A sidelines following a transformational buy. ...
Projected growth of smallsat launch market looks gigantic, but concerns about profitability abound
Data, forecasts and plans for the smallsat launch market all point to colossal growth, but concerns proliferate about smallsat’s profitability. Launch provider Rocket ...
